dens_tf_den | TV and the Nexus. Autobot HQ and Near the Sign. LOL Round 3

Ultra Magnus: *standing in Nexus with tiny brother held close. Looking around. Turns to check on teammates* No! Showtime, don't touch... that. *facepalm and growl*

Showtime: *startled curse... Is now a very petite human woman*

Sharpshot: *panicked, will run over to check on his mate*

Ultra Magnus: *kicks the 'pull my finger' sign over, fanning away the gas that just changed Showtime* Now, repeat again what you were chanting before we came here.

Showtime: *sheepish* Don't sit on strange couches... Only eat at the Black Dog.... Don't touch anything that you don't recognize....

Sharpshot: *having a fit!*

Ultra Magnus: *casual fist to the top of Sharpshot's head* And what did you do the moment you got here?

Showtime: *as Sharpshot yelps and crouches while holding his head* Touched something strange... *yes, she is embarrassed*

Ultra Magnus: Do you still expect to have leave time at the Black Dog?

Showtime: Not really....

Ultra Magnus: X-Brawn, get your holodriver off the sign and stop making it teach Optimus rude signs. *says this without turning*

X-Brawn: *acks and rubs the back of his head sheepishly as his holodriver flickers out*

Showtime: *acks as Sharpshot scoops her up and fusses*

Ultra Magnus: Sharpshot, take her back to base. X-Brawn... *frowns down at shorter mech*

Sharpshot: *gone!*

X-Brawn: *looking very much like a kid that just got into trouble... is tracing small circles on the ground with his foot*

Ultra Magnus: *just shakes his head and coms Prowl* //Your R and R time just came up.//

Prowl: //Understood.//

Ultra Magnus: //Report to the sign area as soon as you can get Nightwish out of that bubble solution.//

Prowl: *chuckles* //Yessir.//

Ultra Magnus: *signs off with a click and checks on brother*

Optimus: *optics shut off, and fist stuck in his mouth as he snoozes peacefully*

Sideburn: *pings Ultra Magnus' comm*

Ultra Magnus: //No. Your turn's over, Sideburn.//

Sideburn: //That's not why I'm calling... We had to put Sharpshot into stasis....//

Ultra Magnus: //...Why?//

Sideburn: //Showtime's LOL'd... And since she doesn't have a spark right now, it put strain on their bond.//

Ultra Magnus: *goes to the broken LOL trap, pulls the aerosol can out of it, and hands it to X-Brawn* Bring that to your brother.

X-Brawn: Gotcha... *returns to base as Prowl and Nightwish arrive*

Ultra Magnus: Now we just have to wait for X-Brawn to get back. *leans shoulder on sign*

Prowl: *looking around and keeping on alert in case someone tries to LOL him again*

Ultra Magnus: *sighs and activates his comm as he hears a ding* //How hard is it to LOL one bot, Sideburn??//

X-Brawn: //Ya might wanna get back t' base, Ultra Magnus... Before Hot Shot tries t' kill Sideburn... If Rapid Run doesn't first....//

Ultra Magnus: *massive face palm* Prowl, leave's been cancelled. Get back to base and save your stupid brother's life. *gets ready to go back himself*

Prowl: ... *sigh, apologetic look for Nightwish*

Nightwish: *just looks back in her patient way, content to be with him and trying to figure out the world, as always*

Prowl: *small smile, will bring her home with a promise of buying her fancy energon goodies the next time they get leave*

Ultra Magnus: *looks around at the mayhem. Sticks out his foot as Sideburn runs past*

Sideburn: *acks and faceplants*

Ironhide: *is that short-ish guy wearing cow-print chaps and a vest of similar material* Hold 'im down! >/

Prowl: .... *raised brow ridge* *to Sideburn* You deserve whatever happens from here on out.

Ultra Magnus: Stand down, Ironhide.

Optimus: *squeaks and waves to the little person!*

Ironhide: *scowling* He got Mirage, Rapid Run, and Midnight Express when we came to help hold Sharpshot down....

Ultra Magnus: Sideburn...

Sideburn: *sheepish*

Kriti: *reassuring Midnight Express and Mirage, is also telling Rapid Run to chill... as she brings the three LOL'd bots over*

Ultra Magnus: *pulls out the gun he picked up in the Nexus before any of the others arrived. Kriti will probably recognize it* Give me one good reason not to use this, Sideburn.

Kriti: *visor flashes as she scowls at Ultra Magnus* *simply* Do it, and I'll bite your kneecaps.

Ironhide: *looks just a bit worried about that now*

Prowl: *glancing back and forth between Sideburn, Kriti, and Ultra Magnus*

Sideburn: *cringing now*

Ultra Magnus: Stand down, Kriti. *gun still aimed*

Kriti: *evenly* That's my mate you're aiming at. You saw how my dad acted when he couldn't feel Mom. I'm just like him.

Mirage, Rapid Run, and Midnight Express: *trying to abandon ship. Kriti's using the tone of voice that she used right before she bit Scourge!*

Ironhide: *gonna hide behind Prowl and Nightwish now, kthx*

Ultra Magnus: You do anything that upsets Optimus, and you'll regret it.

Optimus: *squeak?*

Kriti: *not backing down* Then put that away, and we'll call it even.

Ultra Magnus: *points it at her instead*

Kriti: *visor flashing, and a bit of a low growl starting*

Sideburn: *wince wince wince*

Ultra Magnus: You can help him learn to deal when your little 'friend' comes to visit.

Kriti: And I can find something even more unpleasant to LOL you with that wouldn't upset Optimus.

Ultra Magnus: I can get you a job at the place across the street, too.

Kriti: *sweetly* I think you would've been better qualified for that...

Ultra Magnus: *calmly* Oh, you'd be perfectly suited to it after a hit from this.

Midnight Express: *looks back and forth, his face pale behind his glasses and freckles. And then snaps and runs screaming in terror*

Rapid Run: *GLARES at Ultra Magnus before hurrying after Midnight Express*

Kriti: *soft snerk* Last time I got hit with that, I was in the same form from the FIRST time I got LOL'd human. You were still better qualified for the place across the street.

Ultra Magnus: You never got hit with this. I went back and calculated trajectories. *gun lowered as he frowns after the fleeing train*

Kriti: *sighs and pings Eclipse's comm, asking her to find something soft and cuddly for Midnight Express to hold*

Ultra Magnus: *disgusted expression for Sideburn* You know that job we heard about the other day? The one where they wanted a car painted with their colours to sit out on the grass by the Interstate?

Sideburn: *quiet sigh* I'll get going then....

Ultra Magnus: You do that. *turns to go to the control room* Everyone else, back to work.

Nightwish: *looks at mate*

Prowl: *as Sideburn heads off, he's moving to carefully lift Ironhide so the LOL'd Spychanger won't be in danger of being stepped on*

Nightwish: *quietly* What should I do?

Mirage: *moving to try and scale Prowl as well, can't quite get a handhold*

Nightwish: *gently catches the LOLed bot and tucks him into the crook of her arm, still looking to Prowl for orders*

Prowl: For now, we should monitor the news feeds....

Nightwish: Alright. *pauses and looks toward the control room* From there?

Prowl: *glances that way as well* I think things have quieted down....

Nightwish: Alright. *turns to go into the control room, intent on an afternoon of surveillance*

Prowl: *moves to follow, nodding briefly to Kriti as she moves to try and find Midnight Express and Rapid Run*

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